ENDAMEBA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: endamebae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("endameba" is a kind of...):

ameba; amoeba (naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "endameba"):

Endamoeba histolytica (the parasitic ameba that causes amebic dysentery in human beings)

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